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  1. It comes as tensions appear to have escalated between Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
  2. The US president's praise follows his claim that allied forces avoided the front lines during the Afghanistan conflict.
  3. No breakthrough is reported at the first three-way talks but reports suggest they will resume next month.
  4. President Xi has been accused of using investigations to purge political rivals.
  5. Alex Honnold is attempting to scale one of the world's tallest buildings, Taipei 101 in Taiwan.
  6. The Lebanese man helped plan attacks on Jewish and Israeli institutions in Europe, prosecutors say.
  7. The US will also offer “more limited” support to US allies, according to a new national defence strategy document.
  8. Nico Antic was swimming in Sydney Harbour when he was attacked last Sunday.
  9. Rescue teams are searching the West Java village for 83 people who are still unaccounted for.
  10. Mette Frederiksen visits the territory after weeks of tension over the US president's warnings that he could take control of it.
  11. Police say they are not expecting to find any more survivors from the landslide, with six people still unaccounted for.
  12. Details on the expanded access to location information was published in a new privacy policy for the popular social media app.
  13. Scott Bessent's comments come amid a war of words between Ottawa and Washington.
  14. With economic stagnation and extremes of inequality comes corrosion of trust in democratic institutions. So Trump may be a symptom, not a cause, of what Carney called a "rupture" with the post-WW2 order
  15. Who sits beside India’s president on Republic Day signals Delhi’s diplomatic priorities to the world.
  16. Thousands of people are affected when heating plants are targeted by Russian forces.
  17. Human-shark encounters in Australia are rising - but experts are keen to point out it isn't the animals' fault.
  18. Spain's vaunted reputation for its high-speed network has been humbled by disaster on the railways.
  19. Twins whose classmates were killed by shelling say their deaths have made them determined to finish their studies.
  20. Canada has been boosting its forces in the Arctic in the face of new threats - and US concerns.
  21. BBC Analysis Editor Ros Atkins explores how Americans feel about their president during a nonstop start to 2026 shaped by pivotal events at home and abroad.
  22. Officials identified the man who was shot as 37-year-old Alex Pretti, a nurse and US citizen.
  23. A severe winter storm that could affect more than 200 million Americans has brought heavy snow, and freezing temperatures.
  24. It's the first time representatives from Kyiv, Moscow and Washington have come together since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
  25. Crowds have gathered in Rome for the funeral of Italian fashion designer Valentino, who has died at the age of 93.
  26. TikTok has finalised a deal to allow its American business to continue, by creating a new US entity separate from its global operations. The BBC's Asia Business Correspondent Suranjana Tewari breaks down what this could mean.